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Ministry of Works, Consultancy Service for the Updating of a Feasibility Study and the preparation of the Detailed Designs for Government of Belize the Upgrading of the Coastal Highway Belize Project Coordinator Michelan Gilharry Power Lane Belmopan Tel. 822-2136/2139 Politecnica Project Director Alessio Gori KE1 Team Leader / Highway Engineer Francisco Reina Barranco KE2 Drainage Engineer / Hydrologist Luca Boccardi Ministry of Works – Belize KE3 Structural / Bridge Engineer Richard Sansom KE4 Geotechnical Engineer Giuseppe Furlani Government of Belize KE5 Transport Economist Dipankar Chatterji KE6 Environmental Specialist Jan Cornelis Meerman Caribbean Development Bank KE7 Social and Gender Impact Technical assistance has been provided by Specialist Valentino Shal Upgrading of the Coastal Highway Stann Creek District, Belize Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Volume II – Appendices 1-13 (ESIA) Appendices 1 TERMS OF REFERENCE ............................................................................................................................ 2 2 CVS TEAM MEMBERS ............................................................................................................................ 10 3 SAMPLE BRIDGE ASSESSMENT REPORT ................................................................................................ 26 4 WATER ANALYSIS REPORTS .................................................................................................................. 31 5 ECOSYSTEMS, FLORA AND FAUNA ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES ..................................................... 37 6 ECOSYSTEMS DETAILS ........................................................................................................................... 40 7 VEGETATION TRANSECTS ...................................................................................................................... 48 8 BIODIVERSITY RESULTS ......................................................................................................................... 78 9 LAND ACQUISITION FOR A PUBLIC ROAD PROCEDURE ....................................................................... 109 10 ARCHAEOLOGY REPORT ...................................................................................................................... 112 11 APPENDIX: LIDAR REPORT FOR ARCHAEOLOGY .................................................................................. 127 12 LETTER OF RESPONSE FROM INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY ................................................................ 134 13 ARCHAEOLOGICAL CHANCE FINDS PROCEDURE .................................................................................. 135 14 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................. 136 COASTAL ROAD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2018 - APPENDICES 1 1 Terms of Reference COASTAL ROAD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2018 - APPENDICES 2 COASTAL ROAD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2018 - APPENDICES 3 COASTAL ROAD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2018 - APPENDICES 4 COASTAL ROAD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2018 - APPENDICES 5 COASTAL ROAD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2018 - APPENDICES 6 COASTAL ROAD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2018 - APPENDICES 7 COASTAL ROAD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2018 - APPENDICES 8 COASTAL ROAD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2018 - APPENDICES 9 2 CVs team members CURRICULUM VITAE (CV) Jan Meerman Position Title and No. EIA Coordinator Name of Expert: Jan Cornelis Meerman Date of Birth: 30 August 1955 Country of Citizenship/Residence Netherlands / Belize Permanent Resident #8302/90 issued 17-VII1990 (2 years resident in Belize) Education: • Netherlands: Bachelor’s degree (HBO) In Biology. 1979 • Agricultural University Of Wageningen, The Netherlands: Bachelors Degree (HBO) In Ecology. 1980 • University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Literature Propadeuse, 1986 Other Training: • ESRI Classroom Instruction: Building Geodatabases 1, Building Geodatabases 2. September 1&3, 2004. • FAO-UNEP Global Land Cover Network (GLCN) awareness and training workshop “Mapeo de Cobertura Terrestre”, San José, Costa Rica, 5-9 December 2005. • Technical Training: “Detección de cambios con sensores remotos” El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Y Conservation International. San Cristóbal de las Casas, 5-16 March 2007. • Expert at Inter American Biodiversity Information Network Ecosystem Thematic Network workshop, In Panama City, March 26-29, 2007. Panama City, Panama. Employment record relevant to the assignment: Functions Summary of activities performed Period Country relevant to the Assignment 1994 to Freelance Consultant Caribbean and/or With over 25 of years general present acting as Central America: experience, Mr. Meerman has • Environmental • Belize developed his career mainly in Belize, Specialist • El Salvador where he got extremely familiar with • Biologist & • St. Kits & Nevis the Country’s Environment, Territory Biodiversity Expert • Panama and land use. He’s been living for more • Team Leader Develop. Countries than 25 years in Belize and has carried • Quality Control • Malawi out all types of consultancies in the Consultant • Mozambique Sectors of Environment, Climate • Gis Expert and Change, Environmental Management Specialist Plans for • Natural Resources infrastructure Projects specialist COASTAL ROAD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2018 - APPENDICES 10 SIMILAR PROJECTS IN PAST FIVE YEARS (2012-2017) Project Name: Social and Environmental Impact Assessment for the upgrading of the Hummingbird Highway, Belize Year: 2015- 2016 (ongoing), Country: Belize Client: Ministry of Works with funding from the OPEC Fund for International Development OFID Main Project Features: Prepare a SEIA for the upgrading of the Hummingbird Highway. Positions Held: Team Leader, GIS specialist, Biodiversity Expert, Natural Resources specialist. Activities performed: Team management, Biological Inventories, Environmental Impact Assessment, Spatial Data Development and Management Project Name: Social and Environmental Impact Assessment for the upgrading of the Hummingbird Highway, Belize Year: 2014, Country: Belize Client: Dr. Nabeel Abdul-Raheem Consultants (NARCO) Main Project Features: Feasibility study for the upgrading of the Hummingbird Highway. Positions Held: Biodiversity Expert, Social Expert, Natural Resources specialist. Activities performed: Conducting stakeholder interviews, identify high social impact areas along the highway, Investigate potential impacts on the Biological Corridor, Present environmental and social findings in a stakeholder workshop, Prepare an environmental management plan Project Name: Belize Environmental Consultancies Year: 1994 - 2016, Country: Belize Client: Various Main Project Features: Various Environmental Projects including moderation of the Biological and Environmental Resource Data System for Belize (BERDS) which is a spatially enabled on-line data base with biological and environmental data including a spatial data warehouse Positions Held: Environmental Consultant Activities performed: Biological Inventories, Management Planning, Environmental Impact Assessment, Policy Formulation, Spatial Data Development, Spatial Data Management Project Name: Development of Municipal Growth Plans for the Municipalities of Corozal, Orange Walk, Benque Viejo, San Ignacio & Santa Elena, Belmopan, Dangriga and Punta Gorda, Belize Year: 2012 - 2013, Country: Belize Client: I2UD, Social Investment Fund Main Project Features: Prepare growth Strategies for selected Municipalities in Belize Positions Held: Environmental Consultant, Ensuring compliance with Land Use Policy and overall environmental sustainability Activities performed: , Socio-economic analysis of towns, Infrastructure Analysis, Development of Local Plans and Strategies, GIS mapping Title of Project Environmental and Social Analysis of the Construction and Operation of a Waste Water Collection, Treatment, and Disposal System for the Placencia Peninsula. Contract #001 of Aug, 2010. Year: 2010 - March 2012, Location: Belize Client: Inter-American Development Bank /Government of Belize: Ministry of Finance. Main Project Features First assessments of the social and environmental impacts of a proposed waste water collection and treatment system Positions Held: Team leader and Environmental Consultant, Activities and outcomes: Stakeholder consultations, Biodiversity Inventory, Land Suitability Mapping, Environmental Impact Assessment, Standard Operating Procedures COASTAL ROAD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2018 - APPENDICES 11 Project Name: National Land Use Policy and National Integrated Planning Framework for Land Resource Development Year: 2010-2011, Country: Belize Client: Government of Belize – UNDP – World Bank Main Project Features: Prepare a land use Policy for the country of Belize Positions Held: Team leader Activities performed: Stakeholder consultations, Land Use Plan, Land Suitability Mapping System, Implementation framework Title of Project Integrating Protected Areas Policy And Management Into Belize’s Forest policy. Year: 2009-2010. Location: Belize Client: Association of Protected Areas Managers/FAO Main Project Features Policy formulation Positions Held: Team leader, Activities performed: Stakeholder consultations, Policy formulation Project Name: Preliminary Survey of Land degradation in Belize (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification). Year: 2005, Country: Belize, Client: World Bank/CCAD Main Project Features: